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The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 313

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Here’s what’s new on Creative K Kids:

  • This week on Tasty Tuesdays, I shared a new recipe for Deep-Fried Twinkies.   You can link up to the Tasty Tuesday’s linky party HERE.
  • On this week’s Thoughtful Thursdays, I shared free printables homeschooling parents may find helpful. You can go see that post HERE and link up any thoughtful posts you have written.

Thank you for participating in The Ultimate Pinterest Party!

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HERE ARE SOME FAVORITE PINS FROM THIS PARTY:

Last week, not too many of the pins I pinned were repinned — according to Pinterest stats which can be glitchy. So I wanted to show you how this party can help your pins — if you all go and repin them. Six of my eight best pins over the past month are old pins saved from this party. Look at these stats!

The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 313 favorite pins

HERE ARE THE FEATURED PINS FROM LAST WEEK’S PARTY:

Featured pins from The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 313

RULES:

  • Rule #1: Link up only 2 PINS (not blog posts. Pins that are duplicates from a previous week will not be repinned.)
  • Rule #2: Do NOT re-pin from the linky below.
  • Rule #3: You must commit to re-pinning from WEEK 313, THE ULTIMATE PINTEREST PARTY on SATURDAY or SUNDAY. (Re-pin from the pins that say “The Ultimate Party, Week 313 pins.”)
  • Rule #4: Please only link up your own original pins that contain your images to this party. Do not link up pictures of other bloggers that you may have included in a round-up. Your collage of pictures for a round-up would be fine.
  • Rule #5: Please do not link up sale posts from your blog or sale posts that go to Etsy or Ebay –only pins that go to actual blog posts on your blog. Thank you.

Details to Observe:

  • Before you link up the pin, click on the pin and make sure it takes you to your post, not your home page.
  • Linking up to this party gives the hosts permission to use a picture and a link to your post if they feature your post on their blogs or social media.
  • Creative K Kids is not responsible for stolen images or the mis-use by others who have found your image through CreativeKKids.com.

Thanks for making this party such a success!!

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  • Follow your hosts on Pinterest. (Click “Follow All” and then go back and unfollow individual boards if you don’t want to see some of our pins):

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host of The Ultimate Pinterest Party

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College Necessities in Small Packages

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Our oldest is headed off to college.

Our oldest going to college

It’s hard to believe — it seems like just yesterday we were becoming first-time parents. However, almost 18 years later, our oldest is in college, our 2nd born is in high school, we have 2 in middle school, and our youngest turns in 10 in January.

This summer has been a whirlwind of completing high school requirements (my daughter finished high school a year sooner than she was scheduled to finish), and packing for college as well as all our normal activities.

I am part of a 2020 Brand Ambassador Program for a couple of Arm & Hammer products as well as an OxiClean product, all of which are distributed by CR Brands. I received free product as well as compensation for writing this post, but all opinions are strictly my own. This is my honest review of their product.

When OxiClean sent me their new OxiClean™ On the Go™ Stain Remover Pen, I knew it was perfect for Kaylin.

I have a big container of stain spray, and huge bottles of detergent — but I also have a laundry room and seven people in our house. We do a lot of laundry!

Kaylin will be living in one room with two other girls. She needs to have everything to live for the semester — but in much smaller sizes than I have.

This OxiClean pen is small — it ‘s the size of a white-out pen, so it does not take up much room; but since I use OxiClean detergents, I knew that this little pen would pack a punch! It’s great too because I can buy them in 1, 3, or 6 packs.

OxiClean™ On the Go™ Stain Remover Pen

When I have 2 girls in college (in just 2 years!), I can send one with each of them and keep one for myself.

Here are some of the claims of the OxiClean™ On the Go™ Stain Remover Pen:

  • Instant – Removes fresh stains in 2 easy steps. (See below.)
  • Effective – Out-cleans other stain pens on tough stains and contains 2x more than the Tide to Go 10 oz pen!
  • Convenient – Take it everywhere. Great for food, drink, and makeup stains!

OxiClean says that it takes just 2 steps to remove fresh stains with this pen. You may think, “Why two? Why can’t I just put rub the stain stick on the stain and be done?”

Even though there are two steps, they are quickly and easy to do with this one pen. The pen has a little scrub brush that is part of the applicator.

Oxiclean pen has a unique applicator that allows you to scrub the soap into the stain.
https://oxicleanpen.com/

That way, you can scrub the soap into the stain which will help remove the stain. Genius, right? Here you see the two steps:

2 easy steps to using the OxiClean On the Go Stain Remover pen
https://oxicleanpen.com/

Here are some other “small” items Kaylin bought or considered buying:

Buy small items, items that will organize your stuff, or items that can be used for many different functions when preparing to live in a college dorm.
  • Laundry detergent pods instead of big bottles of liquid detergent
  • A small laundry basket — She didn’t want just a laundry bag, so we found a small round basket. It can go into her closet under her hanging clothes.
  • Small stackable drawers that can go beside her bed. They hold many of her items, yet don’t take up a lot of room, and it can be a night stand if she has a bottom bunk
  • A stoneware mug that could be used to eat out of or be used to heat up food in the microwave
  • A mini rice cooker — she loves rice!
  • Jif to Go Snack Cups instead of having a large jar of peanut butter.
  • If she was into coffee, this mini-Keurig is adorable!
  • All kinds of command hooks and strips that she can use to hang her decorations and other organizational items. Book bags, hoodies, caps, and purses can also be hung from these hooks stuck to her bed.
  • Instead of buying a chair, she bought a bed rest pillow with arms. It can give her cushion on her bed but also behind her back on the floor. Foldable chairs are also nice.
  • She had a wooden shelf built for her bunk bed, but if she didn’t, she would have bought a caddy something like this one.
  • Her bucket with cleaning supplies will double as a bucket she can fill up with water and soap to wash the bathroom floor.

If you have had to pack up a child for college, what are some “small” items that you have found to be valuable?

Thoughtful Thursdays: Book Summary Printable + More Free Printables for Homeschooling

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If you have read my posts for years, you know that my oldest is going off to college — tomorrow. When I started blogging, she was in 4th grade, and my youngest was only one years old. It’s unreal how fast time goes.

I had no clue then that we would move away from our large church with huge Christian school and go to a much smaller ministry that has a school of 8 children this year. I literally teach a one-room schoolhouse that has 7 grade levels.

This year, I have two 8th graders doing Physical Science, extra Mystery of History papers, and Progeny Press’s literature e-guides, and I have one 10th grader doing Chemistry and Sonlight’s 20th Century World History, Liturature, and Bible. Of course they have other subjects they are doing, but those subjects have assignments that are in notebooks or on their computers that I have to grade.

It was becoming overwhelming for me to remember which subjects I had to go to their desks and grade their work. All of the other students turn in their work, and so it’s easy to remember to grade all their subjects. I decided to stream-line it and make up grading forms. These grading sheets will stay in a folder that I pull out on the weekend and fill in. This makes it easy for me to remember what I need to grade.

Maybe some of these forms you can use yourself. I think you might be able to edit your own copy if you “Make a copy” of it and then edit your copy. (Find the “Make a copy” tab under the “File” tab on Google Docs.

Here are some grading sheets I made for this year (so far):

Free grading forms for Mystery of History, Sonlight, Progeny Press, and Apologia/Berean Builders Science!
  • Sonlight Grading Form — this is a four page document, one page for each quarter. I have a space for a grade for literature, history, maps, and verses. If you only grade some items, then you wouldn’t have to use all four of the columns.
  • Apologia Physical Science Grading Form — this is a 2 page document. Each page covers one semester (1/2 of the book). It could also be used for General Science, although the labs wouldn’t line up exactly.
  • Berean Builders or Apologia Chemistry Grading Form — this could be used for any Apologia or Berean Builder Science class.
  • Progeny Press Grading Form — I put 12 lines under the chapters/sections column. Some of the Progeny Press guides I have do have 12 sections of chapters, but some have less. Then most guides have an overview section and the guides for upper grades have an essay section. If you don’t need those rows, they can be crossed out or not used. Here is a grading form I made for Eagle of the Ninth.
  • Here is the Mystery of History Grading Sheet I made up. I grade the folders of Middle School every week as they have an additional daily paper to do. There is one sheet for each quarter.
  • Here is also a Book Review form I made for my 10th grader to fill out for some of the supplemental books she is reading for Sonlight. Again, to change it, “make a copy” of it, and then you hopefully can type on or edit your copy.
Free book review printable! My daughter is filling these out for some of the books she is reading for Sonlight curriculum.

Coming later!

  • We are using Apologia’s book Who is God? for 4th-8th grade Bible. I will share the study guides I am making at a later time.
  • I also have study sheets and some supplemental pages for Mystery of History I will share later.

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Tasty Tuesdays: Deep-Fried Twinkies

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Last week, I shared a recipe for the fair-favorite Funnel Cakes.

Funnel Cakes are what I get whenever I go to a carnival or fair, but I guess Deep-Fried Twinkies are also a favorite. I have never bought them, but they do sound dangerously delicious. (Dangerous to my weight!)

This recipe doesn’t sound too hard to make as you use store bought Twinkies and fry them using the directions below. If you had to miss going to the fair this year, then don’t miss your favorite fair food!

The book, Fair Foods, has 120 favorite fair recipes including recipes such as

  • Maple and Bacon Doughnuts 
  • Triple Cheeseburger Doughnuts
  • Cheesecake on a Stick
  • Corn Dogs
  • Fried Pickles
  • Chocolate-Encased Bacon
  • Fried Coca-Cola®
  • Deep-Fried Oreos®
  • Mock Fried Ice Cream
  • Grilled Pork Chops on a Stick
  • Firehouse Chili with Peppers
  • Spicy Peanut Butter and Jelly Cheeseburgers
  • Black and White Cookies
  • Egg Creams
  • Mint Juleps

Here’s how you can make Deep-Fried Twinkies at home:

Come get this recipe for Deep-Fried Twinkies, a favorite fair food!
This recipe and photo are reprinted with permission from
FAIR FOODS: The Most Popular and Offbeat Recipes from America’s State
 and County Fairs by George Geary which is produced by Santa Monica Press.
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Recipe for Deep-Fried Twinkies
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Deep-Fried Twinkies
Cook Time
6 mins
 

Recipe and photo reprinted from FAIR FOODS: The Most Popular and Offbeat Recipes from America’s State and County Fairs by George Geary, Santa Monica Press

Course: Dessert
Servings: 6 people
Author: George Geary
Ingredients
  • 6 Twinkies
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 tbsp        granulated sugar
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp sea salt
  • 1 cup          buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup whole milk
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3 tbsp  unsalted butter, melted
  • Canola oil
  • Confectioners’ sugar
Instructions

  1. Skewer each Twinkie and place on baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Freeze for 2 hours.

  2. Meanwhile, prepare the batter: In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

  3. In a separate bowl, whisk together buttermilk, milk, eggs, and melted butter.  Pour into flour mixture and blend just until smooth.

  4. In a Dutch oven, heat 2-inches of Canola oil over medium heat to 375° F.

  5. Working two at a time, dip the Twinkies into the batter until fully coated. Place in the hot oil, turning after a few seconds until all sides have reached a light brown color, about 4 to 6 minutes.

  6. Drain on paper toweling, the dust with confectioners sugar.

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The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 312

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Here’s what’s new on Creative K Kids:

  • This week on Tasty Tuesdays, I shared a new recipe for Funnel Cakes with Berries.   You can link up to the Tasty Tuesday’s linky party HERE.
  • On this week’s Thoughtful Thursdays, I shared some advice to new Homeschooling parents. You can go see that post HERE.

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The Ultimate Pinterest Party's Favorite pins for Week 311

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Featured pins from The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 312

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host -- Ali from Home Crafts by Ali

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Thoughtful Thursdays: Advice for the New Homeschooling Parents

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In this chaotic, crazy year, we have many first-time homeschool parents.

It can be scary. It can be overwhelming. There will be days that you feel like a failure, like you have no idea of what you should be doing, or like giving up. On those hard days, here is just a few things that might help.

Here’s some advice for the new homeschooling parents:

  • Don’t compare yourself to other homeschool families.

I saw one new homeschooling mom ask to see other homeschool spaces and she shared her one bookshelf — they live in a small apartment with 4 kids. Some people are able to see other people’s spaces and be encouraged when other people who offer kind comments; but others may be discouraged when they see big homeschool rooms and color coordinated bins.

When you feel yourself tempted to compare yourself to others, remember God has given you everything you need to help your child learn and grow.

God will provide all your needs.
  • Be encouraged! If God has directed you to homeschool your kids, He will enable you!

He has given His believers the Holy Spirit and His Word. He has seen fit to place your kids under your care, so He will enable you to do what you need to do.

God will give you what you need to do what He wants you to do -- 2 Corinthians 9:8
  • Figure out your priorities and focus on them.

There are tons of curriculums and so many things you can teach — but you can’t teach them all. What you think is most important may be different than what I think is most important; however, there are some things every child should learn.

In the primary grades, learning how to read well, learning how to write, and learning math facts are most important. If you don’t have a lot of time, then History and Science can slide for a little bit.

Character training and teaching about God should be a priority. One wonderful fact about homeschooling is that you are able to train them daily in the way they should go. You are with them all day, so you are able to put Deuteronomy 6 into practice:

We should actively be teaching our children of the Lord -- everywhere we go. Deuteronomy 6:5
  • When you feel alone or discouraged, remember God is always with you.
God is with us at all time! Joshua 1:9
  • Just take it one day at a time. God will help you each day. Always seek His will and His kingdom more than anything else.
We don't need to worry about life's details-- God will take care of us; we just need to seek His kingdom first.

There are so many other helpful hints that might be excellent, but if you just keep God first and rely on, then you will do just fine!

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Tasty Tuesdays: Funnel Cakes with Berries

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I went back to teaching at our little church school on Monday which makes my free time non-existent.

Therefore, the recipe I am sharing today is not my own personal recipe. I received an email giving me permission to re-post this recipe, and it sounded delicious! This recipe and photo are reprinted from FAIR FOODS: The Most Popular and Offbeat Recipes from America’s State 
and County Fairs by George Geary, Santa Monica Press.

Our school was fortunate to go to the Florida state fair at the end of January. We love only 30 minutes away from where it is held, and it is comfortable in January, so they don’t do a state fair in the summer. They also have a Cracker Country experience where children can see what Florida was like over 100 years ago.

Since my kids have never been to a state fair, we had to get a funnel cake for them. They loved it!

Make your own funnel cake at home!!

I know for some people, going to a county or state fair is a big deal. Some people go to the fair annually as they take their livestock and hand crafts and other items to be judged or sold. So this year, with COVID-19 restrictions, many places were not able to hold their annual fairs. Besides all the economic impact, that also meant no funnel cakes could be bought!

But don’t worry — you can try your hand at making this Funnel Cake with Berries

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Funnel Cake with Berries

Recipe and photo reprinted from FAIR FOODS: The Most Popular and Offbeat Recipes from America’s State and County Fairs

Course: Dessert
Author: George Geary
Ingredients
Funnel cake ingredients
  • 6 tbsp unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
  • 1 cup water, cool
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • ½s tsp granulated sugar
  • 1½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 large  egg whites
  • Canola oil
  • Confectioners’ sugar
Berry Topping Ingredients
  • 1 quart fresh berries (Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Blackberries)
  • 1/2 cup      granulated sugar
  • Pinch  sea salt
Instructions
How to Make the Funnel Cakes

  1. Combine butter, water, salt and sugar in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil over high heat. Remove from heat and quickly stir in the flour. Return the pan to low heat and cook, stirring frequently, for about 3 minutes to cook the flour slightly and rid the mixture of an starchy floury taste.

  2. Remove the pan from the heat and place the dough in the bowl of the mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed until most of the steam subsided, then add the eggs and egg whites, one at a time, until each is incorporated, and a batter is formed. 

  3. Pour 3-inches of oil into a stockpot and heat to 350 degrees F.

  4. Meanwhile, place the batter in a pastry bag that is fitted with a round pastry tip no wider than 1/4 inch in diameter. 

  5. Holding the pastry bag over the hot oil, push the batter out into the hot oil in a zigzag or spiral shape. Fry no more than 1 large or two smaller funnel cakes at a time.

  6. Fry the cakes until puffed up and golden (they will triple in size), 3 to 5 minutes, flipping every 30 seconds or so.

  7. Drain the cakes on a rack and cool slightly, then sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar and Berry Topping.

How to Make the Berry Topping

  1. In a bowl, combine berries, sugar, and salt.

  2. Let stand for 30 minutes before serving.

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The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 311

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Here’s what’s new on Creative K Kids:

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Thoughtful Thursdays: Jehovah-Shammah: The Lord is There, Part 3

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We ended the 2nd post on the name of God, Jehovah-shammah, The Lord is There, with the question, “How can a Christian keep from being imprisoned by the world? How can we keep our vision and not lose hope?”

Jehovah-Shammah: The Lord is There! Be Encouraged!

The quote that preceded that question was from Kay Arthur’s book, Lord I Want to Know You. Here is the quote:

We need a future and a hope! For the most part, our world lives for today. “Give it to me now!” The future seems so uncertain, so hopeless to most people that they have lost their vision. Most live for only their immediate happiness. . .

Most Christians live this way. They have lost sight of the blessed hope, the glory of being absent from the body and at home with the Lord. They do not look to the time when they will reign with Jesus on earth (Daniel 7:27). They have lost their will to fight because they have forgotten that their citizenship is in heaven” (Philippians 3:20).

They have sat down at the world’s banquet table and glutted themselves with the things of this life. They have little interest in the glories of heaven. They can see and touch and taste and experience “now,” but they cant fathom the glories that are yet to come. Many Christians have become prisoners who will not try to escape. Thus, they are no threat to the world which holds them captive.

Kay Arthur, LORD, I Want to Know You

How can we practically keep our vision and not lose hope in this crazy world? How do we keep our focus on the world that is to come — where we will forever live with Jehovah-shammah, The Lord is There?

Here are 6 ways we can apply this name of God to our every day lives — and keep our focus on where God is: Heaven, our forever home.

  1. We can take comfort in knowing that although God is in Heaven, His presence is not limited or contained in the Tabernacle or Temple, but is accessible to all who love and obey Him.
  2. As Christians now, we are the temple of God. Even when we are separated from worshiping with other believers because of illness or other reasons, we still have the Holy Spirit always with us. The Jews in Ezekiel’s time were in captivity and separated from the temple where the presence of God resided– but we always have the Holy Spirit with us if we have accepted Christ as our Savior.
    Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” I Corinthians 3:16
  3. God’s presence goes with us. It feels what we feel and takes us through every situation.
    “And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” 2 Corinthians 6:16
  4. God fellowships with His people wherever they are. He fellowshipped with Adam and Eve in the garden, with the Israelites in the wilderness (pillar of cloud and pillar of fire and later the Tabernacle), with the Israelites in the beautiful temple Solomon built and later in the crude temple of Zerubbabel’s time, and now our bodies our His temple. He fellowships with us anywhere we are as not only is “God is there,” but “God is HERE!”
    Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Hebrews 13:5
  5. This name reminds us in our darkest hour that God is with us. When you are feeling abandoned and hopeless, address Him as Jehovah Shammah.
    Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.  I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Psalm 139:7-12
  6. God wants to manifest His presence in the world through His people. And we should want others to know! We want others to be in Heaven with us. Tell others the glorious hope they can have of being with the Lord forever — Jehovah-shammah: The Lord is There!
    As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. John 17:18-22

Here are a few other references that talk about God being here (or there) or where we can see Jesus as our Jehovah-shammah.

  • All of Psalm 46

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1

  • Matthew 28:20

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

  • Matthew 1:23

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us

  • Revelation 21:1-3

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

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Tasty Tuesdays: S’mores Tacos

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I’ve saved the best taco recipe for last!

Who doesn’t love S’mores? This recipe is a fun twist on the classic S’mores dessert, and it goes perfect with all the other diverse taco recipes we have shared from Sara Haas’s book The Ultimate Taco Book: Taco! Taco! Taco!

Delicious take on S'mores: S'mores Tacos!!

So far, we have shared 6 other taco recipes from her book, The Ultimate Taco Book: Taco! Taco Taco:

This delightful dessert taco recipe uses homemade graham cracker pancakes that get topped with chocolate and marshmallows and then get a quick broil in the oven to get that signature melted chocolate and marshmallows.

Try this recipe for S’mores Tacos out and let me know what you think!

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S'mores Tacos!
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S’mores Tacos
Course: Dessert
Servings: 12 people
Author: Sara Haas
Ingredients
For the graham cracker pancakes:
  • ½ cup white whole wheat flour
  • 1 ¼ cup graham cracker crumbs
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • ⅛ teaspoon salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable or canola oil
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
For the tacos:
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips
  • 1 cup mini marshmallows
  • Kosher salt
Instructions
To make the graham cracker pancakes:

  1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

  2. In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, oil, vanilla, and brown sugar. Add dry mixture to wet mixture and stir gently until combined.

To cook the graham cracker pancakes:

  1. Heat non-stick pan or griddle over medium-high heat.

  2. Once hot, spray with non-stick cooking spray and drop pancakes onto hot pan using a ⅛ measuring cup. Spread out into a 4-inch circle.

  3. Cook on the first side until batter begins to bubble, then flip and cook the other side an additional 2 to 3 minutes, or until lightly browned.

To make the tacos:

  1. Place pancakes on a baking sheet and top each with a few mini chocolate chips, a few mini marshmallows, and a dash of salt.

  2. Broil for 1 minute, or until marshmallows are toasted.

  3. Sprinkle with a tiny pinch of salt, if desired, then fold up and serve.

Recipe Notes

Any type of milk would work fine here, even milk alternatives such as soy or almond milk.

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